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2011 NHL Playoffs IV: Rome is Burning

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Rioting overshadows hockey as Vancouver reels after Game 7 loss

Mob rule took over the downtown streets of Vancouver Wednesday night, shortly after the hometown Canucks were crushed 4-0 in the deciding game of the Stanley Cup finals.
There were stabbings, numerous cars set on fire, and marquee stores looted throughout the downtown area, as police used tear gas and pepper spray to try – mostly unsuccessfully – to quell the ugly outbreak of violence.

At least one person is listed in critical condition.

It was the first unleashing of tear gas in the city since the infamous Stanley Cup riots that erupted in 1994, when the Canucks also lost the seventh game of the Cup final.

This rioting was worse. It began immediately after the final whistle. Individuals among the 100,000 or so watching the game downtown started fighting, overturning port-a-potties and torching nearby vehicles. Hundreds then gravitated to other downtown areas to create havoc.

It was an outbreak few expected. Police had emphasized repeatedly in the days leading up to Wednesday night’s hockey showdown that they had learned from 1994 and knew how to contain crowds.

At St. Paul’s Hospital, more than 100 people were treated, most for tear gas exposure, while a steady stream of ambulances poured into the hospital’s emergency bay.

Spokesman Justin Karasick said the hospital had tended to four stabbings, eight head wounds, and four or five lacerations by late evening.

As well, another 30 to 40 people were treated at Vancouver General Hospital. Three were admitted and one is in critical condition, spokeswoman Alyssa Polinsky said early Thursday morning.
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NMU8405 said:
Saturday...11am Parade.

Who is in? Anyone from Maine going?
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If I can figure a way to get to Portland to catch the train. If the tracks were already done between Portland and Brunswick, I could walk!
 
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Priceless said:
If I can figure a way to get to Portland to catch the train. If the tracks were already done between Portland and Brunswick, I could walk!
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Im booking my amtrak right now. Departing Portland at 6am, getting there at 830...Leaving Boston at 5pm...getting back to Portland at 730.

Anyone in Boston going and want to meet up? It looks like Im going alone and would LOVE to share this moment with people!
 
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Bomber said:
This Vancouver stuff is ****ed up. No way it would be anything like this in Boston. If for no other reason that the Boston police wouldn't stand around and let it get this bad.
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Boston would have been all over that like a bunch of lite brights.
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And mob mentality, there are no good or bad people, just the ones who want to destroy.
 
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Foxton said:
And mob mentality, there are no good or bad people, just the ones who want to destroy.
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On average out of 10 people, 1 is a saint, 1 is a creep, the other 8 of us are just trying to get through the day.
 
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NMU8405 said:
This would make for a great Mayhem All-State commercial. "Your team just lost the Cup final, thats when the angry mob finds your innocently parked car on the street...."
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"I'm Roberto Luongo." Falls on car; it explodes.
 
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NMU8405 said:
Im booking my amtrak right now. Departing Portland at 6am, getting there at 830...Leaving Boston at 5pm...getting back to Portland at 730.

Anyone in Boston going and want to meet up? It looks like Im going alone and would LOVE to share this moment with people!
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You will share it with 50,000 of your new closest friends!:D
 
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I wonder how long it took the Vancouver players to get to their offseason homes? ;)
 
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NHL Network showed Jack Edwards drinking from the Cup and getting a beer bath from the Cup. Consider me jealous.

Though, I did drink out of the President's Cup from the QMJHL
 
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